Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts in 1880 Toledo
Frank J. Cheney proclaims as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, sworn December 6, 1880, claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and invites testimonials. Sold by druggists in Toledo Ohio.
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Stars of
Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney &Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney & CO
Preventing Ships From Sinking by Air Tight Hatches
A proposal suggests building ship hatches to be pressure fixed from below for air tightness. The aim is to keep air in as a hole grows so the vessel may float longer. Current hatches seal against water but not air. An air tight hold could allow pumping air to expel water down to the leak level.
Clean blood and skin with Cascarets candy
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Cathartic as a blood purifier that cleans the liver and purges impurities to improve pimples and complexion with a ten cent to twenty five cent price. It claims universal druggist availability and satisfaction guaranteed. A separate note mentions a Japanese ordinance urging more meat consumption to raise the population's average height.
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Ste
Cast-Iron Sleepers Overtake Steel in Track Use
Cast-iron sleepers gain favor over steel because of durability and the ability to remelt worn sleepers to recover 70 percent of original cost. Wooden sleepers remain scarce while steel, though cheaper initially, wears poorly and cannot be reused after wear.
Syrup of Figs Promises Permanent Constipation Relief
Advert says Syrup of Figs permanently overcomes habitual constipation and will replace other laxatives that act briefly and harm the system. Genuine product made by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Old Woman Works on City Rock Pile for Aid in Williamsport
Agnes Boatman, 60, joined the city rock pile in Williamsport Pennsylvania after applying for aid. Her son refused work at $1 a day, leaving her to hammer stones for a full day to earn relief.
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Agnes Boatman
Williamsport
Middle South Golden Rind Watermelon Promotion
Middle South Somerville Tennessee hypes Middle South Golden Rind Watermelon as the world’s melon wonder. Readers are offered six months’ subscription for 25 cents plus a free seed package. The item ends with a quip about quarrelsome couples avoiding open windows.
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Middle South
Somerville
Tenn
Ayer’s Pills Help Rebuild Digestive Health
W Steinel of Grant Nebraska reports relief from indigestion and stomach weakness after using Dr. J C Ayer’s Pills. He claims improved appetite and urges others to take one pill after dinner to restore digestion.
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J. C. Ayer
Dr. Ayer
W. Steinel
Grant
Neb
Geology of Florida Coastlines and Ancient Lagoons
The article surveys Florida's east coast geology from Cape Canaveral to Key West, describing coral barriers forming lagoons and evolving freshwater inlets. It notes salt and fresh water interactions in the St. Johns and Indian River valleys, predicts future land formation, and hints at fossil remains and legends of marine monsters in the upper St. Johns region.
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Florida
Gulf
St. John's
St. John’s
Indian River
Cape Canaveral
Key West
Great Marsh
The Klondike Gold Formation and Its Age
The article discusses the perennially frozen ground of the Klondike deposits and suggests the gold’s low fineness results from erosion of auriferous quartz lodes rather than in situ deposition. It notes ice preservation limits alteration, comparing to Siberian mammoth finds, and contrasts with later river sands.
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Siberia
Jests for the Table at a Musiale and Supper
A humorous piece recounts after-dinner quips and social jests from a musicale and supper. Remarks range from a watermelon aid to a chorus to a child’s toast joke and a diner paying for supper in a small-statured judge’s interaction.
Gems of Thought
A collection of aphorisms and reflections from diverse authors. The passages praise deeds over feelings, ponder time and wonder, and critique excuses while urging steadfast pursuit of virtue and eternal life.
For Women and Home: Modes and Gowns
An 18th or 19th century style miscellany offers notes on movable guimpes for utility gowns and costumes for various occasions. A Lady is advised on fashion shapes including three skirt forms, interwoven with poetic quotes about love and the sun, wind, and fire as imagery for passion.
Changing roles of grandmothers in modern society
The piece contrasts old and new grandmothers, noting many now pursue careers and arts while caring for children. It describes a shift from the traditional image of knitting grandmothers to women who travel, dress fashionably, entertain, and maintain individuality alongside family life.
Wardrobe of Guimpes Transforms Gowns For The Season
A wise girl’s wardrobe includes a removable guimpe to vary gowns. One blue cloth dress uses a bloused bodice with round decolletage and six guimpes in black silk pale yellow satin white chiffon with gilt paillettes and yellow velvet dog collar. A simple pearl gray house gown features lace striped skirt and white silk flounces.
Treaty Between Saints and Sinners in Hutchinson
In Hutchinson Kansas a pact has formed between churchgoing women and nonchurch men. Women from every church asked the 100 nonchurch men to remove hats in services, with men agreeing to attend church at least once each Sunday and be generous in basket offerings. Pastors support enforcing the treaty.
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Hutchinson
Kan
She Preached That Day. The Poston Transcript says
The fragment reports a sermon delivered on an unspecified day at Poston, referencing the transcript’s notes and indicating a religious service event. Names, dates, or places are not clearly legible in the readable text.
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Poston
Miss Hatch Fills Pulpit as Father Ill
Members of the Agawam Methodist Episcopal society and the Central church near Wareham Center were surprised to see 16 year old Mabel Hatch conducting services in place of her ailing father Reverend Charles J. Hatch. The daughter offered to preach and was welcomed by the congregation.
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Methodist Episcopal Society
Agawam
Charles J. Hatch
Mabel
Central Church
Wareham Center
Miss Hatch
Hatch
Velvet gowns dominate fashion at season peak
The era showcases new skirt styles including bias center seams, circular tops and knee flounces. Three piece skirts with front gore and circular sides gain traction while gored designs fade. Velvet gowns in dark green feature simple lines and a blouse jacket with orange satin lining and ermine revers.
German Matrimonial Advertisements Highlight Third Party Hype
The Neue Freie Presse notes how matrimonial ads in the German press feature a parent praising Gretchen. She is twenty, multilingual, musicianly, and trained in domestic arts, with a 14 000 florins dot and a full trousseau. Prospective suitors face strict scrutiny before entry into the home.
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Ferrero
de Trop
Neue Freie Presse
Gretchen
London Westminster Gazette
Quack and Bow Wow Communicate Abroad
An episode in a Chinese town shows British officers dining with a mandarin. A guest, misreading a dish as duck, asked for seconds by saying quack quack quack. The host replied bow wow wow, illustrating language gaps and improvised signaling in foreign travel.
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Daily Picayune
What Ware Broken Knight’s Wheel Tale
A Life magazine short dialogue opens with Liob kins asking a dealer for replacement parts after a wheel purchase. He lists deltoid muscles knuckles and a kneepan as requested replacements, noting the dealer’s promise to supply a new part if anything broke.
Ovary Disease Warning and Pinkham Remedy Endorsement
The notice urges immediate treatment for ovarian disease with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cites symptoms such as heat tenderness swelling and dull dragging pains and includes a patient testimonial from Mrs. E. L. Myers of Quakake, Pa., claiming drastic relief after less than a bottle. Mrs Pinkham offers free personalized advice to readers who write to Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
E. L. Myers
Quakake
Arctic Flowers and Medical Props in An Old Page
A fragment list mentions arctic flowers with white or yellow blooms and species unique to the Arctic. It then shifts to a string of patent medicine claims including Kemp's Balsam, Tate Cascarets, Laxative Bromo Quinine, Athlophoros, No-To-Bac, and Santa Claus hose humor. Includes a Massachusetts collateral legacy tax figure and a Teasier of Christmas quips.
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Polar
Arctic
Edible Menu Cards and Foot Care Claims
The ad touts an edible menu card made of biscuit guests eat with cheese. It also promotes Allen's Foot-Sase powder to shake into shoes claiming to cure chilblains frostbites damp sweating feet corns and bunions. Minnesota establishes state schools of agriculture for girls.
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Fara
Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N. Y
Minnesota
Tenant tricks landlord over wife’s move to St Just
Dialogue reveals a tenant persuades the landlord that their wife objects to children and decides to move to St Just out of spite. The exchange hints at tensions from housing and family plans.
Collision Reporting Prompt Sparks Editor Banter
City Editor notes the collision last night but the report omits the trains’ crash details while the Managing Editor questions the new reporter’s impact. The exchange hints at newsroom expectations and a shift in coverage style.
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John Co. Pritchard
Joan C. Putrenamy
Brodie
Warren Co
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Ayer
J.c. Ayer Co
Lowell
Wass
Milwaukee
Bai Chicano
Ile
Savings Brink Wo
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Duke M. Farson
Dearborn
Monroe St
Chicago
Western Union
Bankers’ National Bank
Chicago, Ill
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ILC
CROFT
Cashier
Tracy & CO
LaSalle,St., Chicago
West Madison Street
Weaver &Ampbell
Canwawre
Cobe & McKinnon
Siemens & Halske Electric Co.of America
Lonadnock Block
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad Company
Shonts
Maner Jas. Sartlek
General
Fuerte
Eco Rookers
Joan A. Roebling
Sous Go
Tren ON
New Jersey
Wiandi Lake ST
S. D. Kimbark
el BA Mican Ave
Karpen & Bros
Michigan Ave
Thomas Drummond
Peter
Grosscup
Philip A. Hoyne
Mark A. Foote
Simeon W. King
United States
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Territories
British Provinces
U. S. Circuit Court of Claims
Roony
Monadnock Block
R. J. Cunning CO
Wabash Ave
National Fire Insurance Company Fire
Western Department
LA Salle Street
Commercial Union Assurancy Company. Limited
CNE London
United Simes Branch
Corner Vine and William Jrs
New York
Dearborn Street
Hammond & Western A. A
Geo.b. Carpenter & Co
S. Water St
F. Siegel & Bags
Franklin St
Klondike
Kentucky
Paris
Robert Hall
Lord Bacon
Westcott
George Macdonald
Benjamin Franklin
C. A. S. Dwight
Observer
Life
Knights of the Wheel
Liobkins
Kemp
Massachusetts
Tate Cascarets
Lucy Wallace
Marquette, Kans
Dee
Athlophoros Co
New Haven
Conn
Santa Claus
Walter Baker &Co
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
W. N. Y. Chicago
St. Jacobs Oil
Price,oc
Western Office
Omaha
Iwan
Ann -Neuo Siu
Nia
French Chemical CO
Dearborn St
TAFT
Elm St
Roghes
Ster, Ny
Atent Watson E. Coleman
FL St
Washington, C
South
Crawford & Co
Southern Colunbere
Nashville
Teno
Hoffman, Iuabella
Civicago
Ill
Authors and Writers Union
Chicago, I
Mrongelus
Edgar Tate & Co
Broadway
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Thompson’s Eye
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Yieta
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Alaska Outfitter
Rusion Ey Jones
Front Street
Portland
Ore
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Iowa
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Cincinnati,o
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Buffalo
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